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(No Model.)

LBENNETT.

MOP WRINGER.

No. 356,913. Patented Feb. 1, 1887.

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MOP-WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,913, dated February1, 18E7.

Application filed him-c112, 1856. Serial No. 158,766. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS BENNETT, a citi- Zen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Litchfield, in the county of Herlrimer and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMopWringers, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention pertains to improvements in mop-wringers; and theinvention consists of the combinations of parts, including theirconstruction, substantially as herei uafter set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of amop-wringer embodying my invention, a partbeing broken away to exposethe front roller tension-spring. Fig. 2 is a sectional front elevationthereof, taken on the line m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3-is a plan view of the same.4 is a detailed perspective view of the foot of a hind or rear leg ofastandard,with the upper portion of the leg broken away, also of theattaching-bolt; and Fig. 5 is aview in perspective of the treadle-leversand the adj unctive parts with the roller operated thereby, the wholebeing removed from the frame.

In the embodiment-of my invention I employ standards A, in general ofthe usual construction, in and between the upper ends of which arejournaled the wringing-rolls B. B, roll B having, as is common, itstrunnions or axes supported and arranged to slide in curved slots a. incrosspieees 0, cast or formed with and uniting the divergent ends of theupper arms of each standard. The other roll, B, has its trunnions oraxes bearing in sockets, one half of each of which is formed in one endof a slot, a, in the forward end of each cross-piece 0, while the otherhalf of each socket is formed in a block, b, fitted in said slot a. Saidblock is held to its place against the roll trunnion or axis by aspring, (2.", also inserted into said slot and acted upon by a holdingand adj usting screw, e, fitted to work in a tubular extension,f, formedupon the forward end of each cross-piece G of a standard, A. Primarilythese springs have for their object to permit the yielding of the frontor forward roll at one or both ends, should the same be unevenly actedupon by the uneven thickening up of wringing action of the rolls. Thescrews serve to adjust the tension of the springs to compensate for wearin the holding-blocks b.

D D are the foot-levers, consisting each of a long and a short arm, d d,which, unlike the common form, are devoid of the upward extensions, saidlevers being pivoted one to each upper rear arm of a standard, A, at thepoint oi'juncture of the long and short arms of the levers or treadles.The outer forward ends of the long arm D of the levers are, ascustomary, connected by a cross-bar, d", forming a treadle designed toreceive the foot of the person performing the wringing operation. Uponthe same pivots connecting the levers D to their supports or standardsare also secured or supported bars D, the upper ends of which areconnected to the projecting ends of the trunnions of the sliding roll13. The bars D are detachably connected to the pivots or fulcrums of thelevers D, so as to substantially form a part of or serve as supplementalshort arms of the lovers by means of latches F, pivoted to the shortarms (1 of the levers, and adapted to catch over studs or projections gupon the arms or bars. By this arrangement the levers can be readilytaken off to render the same more convenient for packing. The latches Fare rigidly secured to the said short arms d, and are each provided witha small slot or approximately square opening, wherein the stud orprojection g is caused to project, said stud or projection restingagainst the side and end walls of said slot or opening. The levers D areheld in their normal or elevated position and the wringer-roll B in theretracted position shown in Fig. 1 by means of the coil-springs G, oneend of each spring being connected to each lever of the treadle and-theother end to the upper forward end of the standards A.

The rear and front arms or legs of the standards A are provided withfeet h h, arranged upon the inner sides thereof, the rear feet, h, beingprovided with open slots it, through which are passed T-bolts if, forsecuring the same to the base or platform H, upon which the wringer ismounted. By turning the bolts if so as to present their heads lengthwiseto the lengths of the slots h in the feet h the latter can be readilylifted from the platform,

the mop when subjected to the squeezing or inorder to permit the tiltingof the wringer, so as to cause it to rest sidewise upon the platw form,as would be the more desirable position in which to dispose or place itfor shipment or packing. In order to permit the wringer to bethus tiltedand placed, the forward l'eet, h, are made angular and separate fromtheir legs, the latter being pivoted to the former, the flat orhorizontal portions of the feet being bolted to the platform or base.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a mop-wringer, the combination, with the standards and rolls, ofthe treadle, the levers co'mprisingthe long and short arms, and the barsconnected to the trunnions of one roll and to the fulcrumsof saidlevers, said bars and levers being connected together, substantially asshown and described.

2. In a mop-wringer, the combination, with the standards and .rolls ofthe treadle andlevers, the bars connected to the fulcrnms of the leversand to the trun nions or axes of one roll,

and the latches secured to the short arms of 25

